New England Biz Law Update

A subcontractor must arbitrate its dispute with a construction company in Ohio despite a Rhode Island statute barring out-of-state arbitration, a federal judge has held.

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

An Americans with Disability Act complaint filed by an employee whose leave request was denied must be dismissed because it was filed more than 90 days after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mailed a “right-to-sue” letter to the employee and ...

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African-American borrowers who claimed a lender’s policies caused them to pay more than whites in securing home mortgage loans could not rely on a nationwide statistical analysis in order to gain certification as a class, a U.S. District Court judge ...

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Sometime employment litigation is complicated, so much so that the parties and judges cannot even agree on which court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal.

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In an effort to root out employee abuse of Family and Medical Leave Act violations, employers are increasingly relying on the “honest suspicion” defense — and winning.

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

Hospital executives who had been terminated after the hospital was sold in bankruptcy were entitled to bring severance claims against the buyer despite the existence of a “no-third-party-beneficiaries clause” in the asset purchase agreement, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in ...

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

An employee who lost his job when he was unable to pass a test required by his employer could not hold the employer liable for refusing to grant him a time extension as an accommodation for his medical condition, the ...

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In-house counsel at the country’s largest companies are not satisfied with the e-discovery work performed by their outside law firms, according to a legal consulting group’s recently released survey.

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

Insurance carriers are becoming frequent players in employment discrimination lawsuits thanks to something known as “EPLI.”

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

Any attorney who has tried an intellectual property case knows that presenting the evidence in a way that jurors fully comprehend is no simple task.

Tagged with: Sept. 30 2012 issue